Meet Single Mum Who Makes A Turn Over Of £10 million Yearly

Petra Wetzel, 40, is a divorcee who lives in Glasgow with her son, Noah, 9.

Nine years ago, she set up her own business, the WEST brewery when Noah was just a baby — and in the wake of a broken marriage. Blonde, attractive and the founder of one of Britain’s most successful small breweries with an annual turnover just shy of £10 million, Petra may well be every man’s dream.

But she says with a laugh: ‘I sound like a real catch. But the truth is I’m fiercely independent, stubborn and work long hours. The only man in my life is Noah. He’s my priority and the reason I drive myself so hard.’
Many women would have quit. But looking at her son, Petra realised she didn’t have a choice. ‘It was sink or swim. Noah gave me the confidence I needed,’ says Petra.

How did she do it?

‘We had ploughed my inheritance into the business. It was all I had. Besides, I knew I’d hit on a great idea. All it needed was graft to make it work. My parents agreed to look after Noah for seven weeks in Germany. The company went into administration. I called in a brilliant firm of accountants and worked flat out on a plan for the future.
‘It was tough. Noah went into full-time day care and most nights I would still be at my laptop at 1am. Many times, I sobbed myself to sleep. I felt way out of my depth, but I became good at multi-tasking.
‘But feeling guilty is just a waste of energy. Noah knows he’s my priority. We are a very tight unit — particularly as his father now lives in America. We have the most wonderful full-time nanny, Helen, who Noah adores, and I spend every second I’m not working with him.

‘Recently he said: “Mum you are a brilliant Mum and a brilliant Dad.” That meant the world to me.

‘And thanks to the business, we have a great lifestyle. For my 40th birthday I bought us a treat: a speedboat. It’s moored at Loch Lomond and zipping up and down the water at weekends makes a tough working week worthwhile.’

 

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